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Topic: How do I add Minimote? (Read 40254 times)

So I did some more playing with MiniMote and Vera and no matter what I cannot setup a scene in Vera and map a button on the minimote to trigger that scene. But, I am using it as a secondary controller and it appears in Vera as one. Here's how I did it. DO THIS IN ORDER, REVERSING will cause problems!

1) ADDING MINIMOTE AS A SECONDARY CONTROLLER===================================In Vera, go to Devices, Z-Wave Devices. Bring the laptop and Minimote near Vera, and then press the LEARN button on the MiniMote – The blue LED will blink slowly.

-Press the button labeled “ADD Z-WAVE CONTROLLER” in VERA - The blue andred LEDs will blink quickly on the MiniMote to indicate detection of the other Z-Wave controller.

- The blue LED will stay solid for 2 seconds to indicate success; the red LED will staysolid for 2 seconds to indicate failure. You'll see the Z-wave activity in Vera and it will say CONFIGURING. In a few minutes you should see the new SCENE CONTROLLER device in Vera. Assign it a room and name it MiniMote

2) Creating Scenes/Adding Devices to the MiniMote buttons:===========================================Creating Scenes (and Removing Z-Wave Devices from Scenes)1. Press and hold the scene button you wish to configure (top of enclosure) – The blueLED will blink quickly after 1 second to show that it is ready to add/remove a devicefrom the scene.2. Press the Z-Wave button on the product you wish add/remove (while still holdingthe scene button from the previous step) - The blue LED on the Minimote will staysolid to indicate the device has entered the scene.*3. While still holding the scene button from Step-1, adjust the level of theLamp/Shade/product to the desired level.4. Release the scene button to complete adding the device to the scene at the device’scurrent level.5. You can add several devices to a scene button, just walk to each device and add it intothe same scene button as you did with the first device.

* Note: If the product is already a part of that particular scene, it will be removed fromthat scene the second time steps #1-4 are repeated for that particular product in thatscene.Note: Z-Wave devices must be first added/included into the same network as theMinimote in order to create a scene with that device.

WHY THE MINIMOTE?===============It's a super small scene controller, keep one in the car to turn on the porch lights, it fits in my coin tray in my jeep. I also use one in the kitchen, used a double sided tape to stick it to the wall and I can now turn on and off all lights, or just the scenes I setup in the MiniMote to turn on just the kitchen lights, etc.

Lets hope MCV works with Aeon Labs to get the MiniMote working so we can trigger event in vera based on the scene button pushed. I tried 0,1,2,3,4 and had no luck with this method. I have other GE remotes/controllers that work just fine with this, just not the minimote

Lets hope MCV works with Aeon Labs to get the MiniMote working so we can trigger event in vera based on the scene button pushed. I tried 0,1,2,3,4 and had no luck with this method. I have other GE remotes/controllers that work just fine with this, just not the minimote

Let me add my thanks. myhomeserver, this was tremendously helpful. My experience wasn't without a few glitches, however. Both my minimotes were recognized by Vera just fine, and that hadn't been a problem before. Using your instructions, some devices added in just fine and worked immediately. Others only worked after numerous deletes and re-adds. It was a bit tricky to get the switched load on my Leviton 4 scene controller, but I finally found that holding the mini's button, then holding buttons 2 and 4 on the scene controller ( to put the switched load in program mode) then pushing the number one button on the scene controller added it to the mini successfully. In fact, I had all but given up on adding one particular Leviton wall dimmer switch, but I tried it again today (must have been the tenth time) and it worked right off the bat. I have no idea why it worked this time and not yesterday or the day before. I charged both minis and they seem to be working consistently for now.

I, too, would like the minis to be able to activate Vera scenes, but for now I'm happy to have them working directly with devices. Thanks again.

FYI, for those interested in adding MiniMote to work with Scenes in Vera, I contacted Aeon Labs and CC'd MCV management

here is what I got from Aeon Labs Management below, and they CC'd MCV management on the reply. I don't think this will help us end users, ,but lets hope MCV adds in full support for MiniMote due to this.

FROM AEON LABS:==============

Our Minimote has the ability to send any and all command classes available in Z-Wave or execute any scene using the "Association Command Configuration Command Class". Please find the attached engineering specification to do this as well as an in depth example below.

The following commands should work with your Minimote in order to have it send Basic Set 1 when button 1 is pressed, Basic Set 2 when button 2 is pressed and so on to your gateway. These can be sent to any node ID from the minimote.

I'm new to this so please can you tell me what is meant by 'secondary controller'. I thought that Vera would 'see' the Minimote (which it does) and that I would be able to add devices to the buttons via Vera? Is this what you mean? Or are you working with the minimote directly controlling the devices without using Vera?